Vote Now: Who Won the Eighth Republican Presidential Debate?

time.com ^ | February 6

[Helicondelta]

Republicans met for their eighth presidential debate Saturday night, and we want to know who you think won.

Take a moment to click the link below next to the candidate who you thought did the best at the ABC debate in New Hampshire.

[Windflier]

I make it a point not to watch nor listen to them. Nor do I care what the media says the winners or losers are.

Your guy must be losing. I can tell by the sour grapes in your post.

[Fungi]

Went out, had a brew, finished with a grilled steak sub topped with Parmesan. Vundabar! I missed nothing, and I do not own a TV to watch it anyway; and I do not like to watch.... but I did watch "Being There"; on an outdoor screen. Peter Sellers was magnificent. Vundabar!

[Baumer]

“In case you hadn’t noticed, Trump is also leading the national presidential polling. For the last eight months.”

In case you hadn’t noticed, I also said a plurality of Republicans are FOR Trump right now.

[Cobra64]

Good. Then there is no point to you posting on threads like this. Have a nice day. :-)

[jobim]

You don't own a TV, you don't like to watch, yet you like "Being There"?
Do you own a dictionary? Could you look up "irony"?

[DoughtyOne]

Those poll are brutal. Trump won most of them by 60 to 85%.

One that was supposed to be a Cruz supporting site, Trump still got 65% of those participating.

[WVKayaker]

Poll Icon
Seven Republican presidential candidates took to the stage for a debate Saturday night in New Hampshire. Who do you think won?
Donald Trump
65 %
Ted Cruz
7 %
Marco Rubio
8 %
Jeb Bush
4 %
Ben Carson
1 %
Chris Christie
7 %
John Kasich
7 %

[Gator113]

Donald Trump
65 %
Ted Cruz
7 %
Marco Rubio
8 %
Jeb Bush
4 %
Ben Carson
1 %
Chris Christie
7 %
John Kasich
7 %
36,685 Votes

[napscoordinator]

Crazy. Cruz can’t even beat Rubio after that mess? That is pretty bad.

[Windflier]

I also said a plurality of Republicans are FOR Trump right now.

Sure, but you started your rant with this:

I don't know why they do these online polls except to get people to sign up for their sites. There's no scientific accuracy at all to them. We all know there are many Trump supporters who feel threatened if he's not leading polls so they go out in droves and vote on the online polls...

Point being, your chief intent was to cast Trump supporters as so desperate and threatened, that they feel forced to scramble around the internet, voting in unscientific online polls to make themselves feel better.

I can read and comprehend plain English, buddy.

[DoughtyOne]

And yet some "news" sites like Red State are saying Trump came away with at best a draw.

One poll I viewed, had Trump winning at 85%. LINK

Here's one at 76%. LINK

[MacMattico]

C’mon, really, who believes these polls anymore.

Even if I were to agree Trump won the debate, his performance would not give him 66-85% of voters polled saying he won. That's outrageous. And I'm not saying he doesn't have the best chance of winning NH. But these polls are ridiculous.

[Impy]

Trump could have said the moon was made of green cheese and we should harvest it to end hunger in Africa, and his fans would still say he won the debate. So why even post this thread? We know the answer is Trump.

He even won that debate he wussed out of, right? The guy can’t lose, he’s a winner.

[conservative98]

I missed most of the debate but the guy on the radio for an ABC affiliate couldn’t help but say if anyone was the loser it was Trump. He said Trump was wobbly and got “booed.” True or false?

[DoughtyOne]

Bush made some comments Trump took excpetion to.

Trump asked the moderator to respond and got permission.

He got about a sentence and a half out, and Bush interrupted. Trump asked him to be quiet so he could respond and Bush wouldn’t.

The audience booed Trump for standing up to him.

Trump looked at the audience and explained to those watching, that RNC Contributors were the ones who got the seats. Later it was said Trump could only get 20 seats total in that big auditorium.

Trump, even when he was giving good lines tonight, seemed to be getting only about five people clap for him.

Other guys like Bush would start talking, get about three words out, and massive applause would break out.

There was clearly something going on. The audience seemed to be stacked, and not just against Trump. It surfaced in the applause at inappropriate times with other candidates, just silly points in their deliveries.

[conservative98]

Thanks for the recap. I appreciate it.

[DoughtyOne]

No problem. Take care.

[conservative98]

Other online polls:

http://theconservativetreehouse.com/2016/02/06/post-debate-discussion-thread-who-won-the-debate/

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Trump is killing it in those polls, too. The only one that doesn’t show the results is Mark Levin’s site. smh.

[Baumer]

I was not casting all Trump supporters as desperate and threatened as you said. What I said was “...there are many Trump supporters who feel threatened if he’s not leading polls...” Am I wrong in this statement?

I believe that even Trump himself has shown he gets upset when the polls aren’t showing positive toward him.

[plewis1250]

It’s an online poll with a now proven vocal minority pulling for a liberal hack in Donald Trump.

I wouldn’t put much stock in it.

Mr. Trump was a lock in in Iowa, and Senator Cruz cleaned his clock on Election Day. Expect similar results elsewhere.